Mihran Hakobyan ( hy, Միհրան Հակոբյան; born February 18, 1984) is an Armenian sculptor. He created the 2014 ''

Wikipedia Monument The ''Wikipedia Monument'' ( pl, Pomnik Wikipedii), located in Słubice, Poland, is a statue designed by Armenian sculptor Mihran Hakobyan honoring Wikipedia contributors. It was unveiled in Frankfurt Square (Plac Frankfurcki) on 22 October ...

'' in Słubice, the first one of its type.

Biography

Mihran Hakobyan was born in Stepanakert. His father, sculptor Armen Hakobyan (1941–1990), died during the

First Nagorno-Karabakh War The First Nagorno-Karabakh War, referred to in Armenia as the Artsakh Liberation War ( hy, Արցախյան ազատամարտ, Artsakhyan azatamart) was an ethnic conflict, ethnic and territorial conflict that took place from February 1988 t ...

. From 2000 to 2006, he studied sculpting at the Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts. He thereafter worked in his profession in Armenia and Russia, participated in several exhibitions in Stepanakert and

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and i ...

. In 2001, he became a member of the Artists Union of the

Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Artsakh, officially the Republic of Artsakh () or the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (),, is a breakaway state in the South Caucasus whose territory is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan. Artsakh controls a part of the former N ...

. In 2011, he participated in an international symposium on sculpture in

Shusha / hy, Շուշի , settlement_type = City , image_skyline = ShushaCollection2021.jpg , image_caption = Landmarks of Shusha, from top left:Ghazanchetsots Cathedral • Yukhari Govha ...

. Hakobyan mainly creates sculptures of stone, wood or

bronze Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (including aluminium, manganese, nickel, or zinc) and sometimes non-metals, such as phosphorus, or metalloids suc ...

. From 2010 till 2013 he studied Polish Philology at the Collegium Polonicum in Słubice. 2012 Hakobyan received a scholarships of the Polish

Kulczyk Foundation The Kulczyk Foundation is a Polish private foundation founded in 2013 by Grażyna Kulczyk, Jan Kulczyk, and Dominika Kulczyk, who has been the President of the foundation since its establishment. Apart from Dominika Kulczyk, the foundation is m ...

. On behalf of the Director of the Collegium Polonicum, Krzysztof Wojciechowski, Hakobyan created the ''

'' in Słubice. On 22 October 2014 the monument was unveiled at the ''Plac Frankurcki'' (Frankfurt square). The monument was sponsored by the city Słubice with 62,000 zlotys. Mihran Hakobyan also works with cartoons, especially with

plasticine Plasticine is a putty-like modelling material made from calcium salts, petroleum jelly and aliphatic acids. Though originally a brand name for the British version of the product, it is now applied generically in English as a product category ...

figures. For his cartoon „Зонтик“ (''Umbrella'') after a story by

Leonid Yengibarov Leonid Georgievich Yengibarov ( hy, Լեոնիդ Ենգիբարյան; russian: Леонид Георгиевич Енгибаров; March 15, 1935 – July 25, 1972) was a Soviet Armenian clown and actor. Biography Leonid Yengibarov was bo ...

he received the audience award at the Short Film Fund in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

2013.

References

External links

Website of Mihran Hakobyan

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Gazeta Wyborcza, 23. Oktober 2014 (polish)
The author of Wikipedia first monument
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hakobyan, Mihran American people of Armenian descent 1984 births People from Stepanakert Armenian sculptors Living people 21st-century sculptors